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All this talk in subjective

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terms kind of makes me, perish the thought, long for the good old days back in the '70's when I held closely to the spec sheets that were available for various components on sale. Perish the thought. Right?
I remember rumble figures and speed stability information and when I, and I'm sure others did the same, made close comparisons between the various models of turntables, for example. Some listening tests thrown in with consideration for ergonomics and visual appearance and you likely made a choice you could live with for about 20 years. Now we seem to be mired in pseudoscience and extreme subjectivity with the occasional testimonial from a manic reviewer who has just heard the holy grail, astronomically priced and out of reach by most, that we are somewhat lost in my opinion. Shun mook pucks, cd demagnitizers, 100k turntables, fad diets, weapons of mass destruction and on and on.. We are sounding more like neurotic narscisists, some of us with more cash or credit than good sense who have gotten lost in the wilderness.
Sure I like tubes, full range drivers, and other audio esoterica, but I think that crazies and charlatans have really muddied the waters these days. ....and what was this post in response to? Oh yes, PRAT. How about WTF?

Just my two cents.

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